pharmacopoeia
Americannoun
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a book published usually under the jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs, their formulas, methods for making medicinal preparations, requirements and tests for their strength and purity, and other related information.
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a stock of drugs.
noun
Other Word Forms
- pharmacopoeial adjective
- pharmacopoeic adjective
- pharmacopoeist noun
Etymology
Origin of pharmacopoeia
1615–25; < New Latin < Greek pharmakopoiía drug-maker's art, equivalent to phármako ( n ) drug + -poi ( os ) making ( poi ( eîn ) to make + -os adj. suffix) + -ia -ia
Example Sentences
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Fortunately, Borneo’s rich biodiversity offers a vast pharmacopoeia.
From Science Magazine
She added, “There’s a pharmacopoeia out there waiting to be explored.”
From New York Times
Greek physician, wrote in his famous five-volume pharmacopoeia of plants and their medicines, “De Materia Medica”: “The Herb Scorpius resembleth the tail of the Scorpion, and is good against his bitings.”
From New York Times
He saw his “pharmacopoeia” of medicinal plants, lavender, daffodils, sea kale and wild bees as therapy, and, in an interview for British television a year before his death, said: “I should’ve been a gardener.”
From New York Times
Later, the pharmacopoeia expanded to include large and complex proteins—from insulin to monoclonal antibodies.
From The New Yorker
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